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Robert Bresson - A Spiritual Style in Film

English · Paperback / Softback

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Although Robert Bresson is widely regarded by movie critics and students of the cinema as one of the greatest directors of the twentieth century, his films are largely unknown and are rarely shown in the English-speaking world. Nonetheless, Susan Sontag has called Bresson "the master of the reflective mode in film."Martin Scorsese suggested that a young filmmaker should ask: "Is it as tough as Bresson?... Is [meaning] as ruthlessly pared down, as direct, as unflinching in its gaze at aspects of life I might feel more comfortable ignoring?" Questions that every reader of this book and every viewer of Bresson''s films will also ask.Joseph Cunneen''s book, now in paperback, introduces Bresson''s movies to a broader audience, assesses thirteen of his most significant films in the context of detailed plot summaries, vivid descriptions of characters and settings, and perceptive, jargon-free insights into the director''s execution, intention, and technique. Each of these films in its own way illustrates what Joseph Cunneen calls Bresson''s "spiritual style." Though not necessarily focused on the explicitly religious, they illustrate two complementary principles: on the negative side, the rejection of what the director called "photographed theater" with its artificiality and dependence on celebrity performers. On the more positive side, as Bresson himself expressed it, the conviction that, "The supernatural is only the real rendered more precise; real things seen close up.">

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Authors Cunneen, Joseph Cunneen, Joseph E. Cunneen, Cunneen Joseph
Publisher Bloomsbury Academic
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.04.2004
 
EAN 9780826416056
ISBN 978-0-8264-1605-6
No. of pages 200
Dimensions 146 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV

Fernsehen, TV, Films, cinema, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General

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